Fake tan backers to soak up £80m in firm’s sale

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JUDY NAAKE, the woman responsible for Victoria Beckham’s fake tan, could make up to £20 million from the proposed sale of her company’s UK division, The Times has learnt.

Ms Naake, 57, is one of four shareholders in St Tropez, which is expected to fetch between £60 million and £80 million. The other owners are Norman Oley, Ms Naake’s partner, Robin Gibson, the company’s president, and her husband, Tim.

St Tropez, which sells “Auto-Bronzant” creams and has tanning booths in thousands of outlets such as Debenhams, Selfridges and Fenwick, has hired Cooper Parry, the adviser, to manage the sale.